Monthly Archives: November 2017

When it’s time to get rid of a hard drive or its data, there are many methods you can use – but very few of them are truly secure. Simply bending the drive may make it so it’s hard to run, but someone who is dedicated enough could dismantle it and put the data-containing “platter” […]

Not so long ago, I was having a conversation with an IT professional at a state university. The topic of discussion was what happens to all of the computers on campus when they get too long in the tooth and get herded off to that great big systems unit roundup in the sky. Their answer: […]

Over the last few decades, technology has improved in leaps and bounds. Almost unbelievable ways of storing data exist which would have seemed like science fiction in the beginnings of computing. Computers have graduated from vacuum tubes to magnetic tapes, punch cards, metallic hard disks, floppy disks, and now solid state data storage. SSD cards […]

Businesses are increasingly moving toward cloud computing. And for good reason: the capabilities and flexibility provided by remote storage are significant, while security concerns about sharing servers with other entities have largely eased up over the last few years. At the same time, especially businesses just moving toward a cloud-based technology infrastructure tend to make some […]